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LouisianaSB 4502026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

SCHOOLS: Requires mandatory reporting of school threats and provides for physical security school assessments for K-12 schools. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

School staff must report threats immediately

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana school employees must immediately report threats of violence or terrorism to local law enforcement. This covers threats learned through spoken, written, or electronic messages. Employees other than the administrator must also notify the school administrator. Police must report threats to the Louisiana Fusion Center within seven calendar days, without identifying students or reporters. State reports track the threat's date, type, whether it was confirmed, and any arrests to help safety planning. People following the reporting rules receive protection from civil liability. That protection excludes malicious, willful acts or statements deliberately intended to cause harm or deceive police or school officials.

Schools gain protections; families face evidence limits

Beginning August 1, 2026, school threat reports and security assessment materials are exempt from public disclosure. Assessment reports and related communications are generally shielded from lawsuit discovery and subpoenas. People bringing or joining lawsuits cannot use them to prove a legal duty or failure to meet it. Only schools, school boards, or governing authorities can introduce assessments, including selected portions, to defend against civil claims. Substantially following an assessment creates a presumption of reasonable care and safe property, but opposing evidence can challenge it. Reasonable actions based on an assessment can also serve as evidence of care. Assessment advice creates no higher legal duty or separate right to sue, and accepting, changing, delaying, or rejecting it alone creates no liability. Confidentiality and immunity protections continue whether or not schools adopt the recommendations.

School security grants prioritize recommended upgrades

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana expands security-grant eligibility to public K–12 schools and state education board-approved private schools. Grants give priority to schools seeking to carry out findings or options in written security assessments. Schools that agree with those findings and options can apply for help paying for the identified upgrades. Funding depends on appropriations; the law sets no grant amount and guarantees no award. It preserves constitutional limits against requiring local school construction or raising local funds.

Schools can request free security reviews

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana public K–12 schools can request free, on-site security assessments from the Louisiana Fusion Center. Charter schools and private schools approved by the state education board can also request assessments. Reviews depend on available funds, staff, and resources, and are limited to once every three years per school. The Center uses safety-focused design principles and partner practices, then provides a written report with optional improvements. The Louisiana Department of Education must post information about assessment availability.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

  • Chasity Martinez

    Democratic • House

  • Kathy Edmonston

    Republican • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 100 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/7/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 901.

    6/8/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    6/8/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/29/2026Senate

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/26/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/26/2026Senate

  8. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/25/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/20/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/19/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

    5/12/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    5/11/2026House

  14. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/7/2026Senate

  15. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/6/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    5/5/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    4/20/2026Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    4/15/2026Senate

  19. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

    3/31/2026Senate

  20. Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/30/2026Senate

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